
U. S. SANITARY COMMISSION. 
No. 64. 



WHAT THE U. S. 3ANITAEY COMMISSION IS DOING IN 
THE VALLEY OF THE MISSISSIPPI. 



LETTER ER03I DR. J. S. NEWBERRY TO HOX. W. P. SPRAGUE. 



Louisville, Ky., Feb. 16, 1863. 
Hon. W. p. Speague, 

Chairman Military Com., Ohio State Senate: 

Dear Sir : — I received your letter of the 13th yesterday, und im- 
prove the first leisure moment to send you the information you 
have requested in regard to the operations of the Sanitary Com- 
mission. If you will have the kindness to read the accompan3ang 
documents, I think you will get a good general idea of what the 
Commission is doing in the Valley of the Mississippi, and how its 
business is done. If you care to go outside of this department 
and learn what it is accomplishing in the East, I must refer you to 
the series of the Commission publications, which I send you by 
Express. ^ 

In addition to other matters with which I thus burden you — f 
or perhaps more properly in explanation of them — permit me to 
call your attention to the following brief synopsis of the aims, 
methods and results of the Sanitary Commission : 

1st. The U. S. Sanitary Commission was authorized and ordered 
by the President, Secx-etary of War, and Surgeon General, and by 



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them it was granted certain powers and privileges, and assigned 
special duties, set forth in documents Nos. 2, and 25, of its series 
of publications. 

2d. It was, however, designedly made dependent for its support 
on the voluntary contributions of the people. This support has 
been more and more liberal as the value and magnitude of the work 
it is doing has been more generally recognized. Since its organi- 
zation it has expended over three hundred thousand dollars in 
cash, and has distributed Hospital stores of the value of several 
millions. At the present time more than three fourths of all the 
contributions made by the people for the benefit of the sick and 
wounded in the army, pass through this channel ; in the aggregate, 
amounting to something over one thousand dollars in cash and 
ten thousand articles of clothing and diet, expended and issued 
each day. Of this aggregate, about one third of the money 
and more than one half of the stores are being expended and dis- 
tributed in the AVestern Department ; the remaining two thirds be- 
ing expended in the work of the Central office, and in the armies of 
the East, Since the battles of Murfreesboro and Vicksburg over 
4000 packages of hospital stores have been forwarded to these 
points by the Sanitary Commission. 

3d. Among the agencies by which the Commission does its work, 
may be enumerated. First, its system of Inspections — general 
and special — for the prevention of disease, and the investigation 
of wants. Second, its system of Geneeal relief ; for the pro- 
duction, transmission and distribution of needed supplies not furn- 
ished by Government. Third, its system of Special relief; for 
procuring papers, pay, transportation and pensions for discharged 
soldiers and all those requiring this sort of assistance. Fourth, its 
system of Publication for the dissemination of Sanitary knowl- 
edge, technical or general, through the medium of the press. Fifth, 
its Soldiers' Homes. Sixth, its Hospital Directory. Seventh, 
its system of Transportation of sick and supplies by San. Com. 
steamers and hospital cars. 

Although the limits to which I am restricted in this communi- 
cation will forbid me from giving you a full description of all the 
details of this somewhat complex machinery, the functions of a part 
of it may be inferred from my enumeration of the difierent classes 
of agents employed by the Commission, with a synopsis of their 



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._ duties; and I will refer specifically to the more important parts not 
'thus described. 

4th. The agents employed by the Sanitary Commission arc, First, 
' General Inspectors. — Medical men who accompany the army, 
keeping watch over camps and hospitals; occupied in removing the 
causes of disease, investigating the condition and wants of the sick 
and wounded, supplementing, when necessary, the resources of the 
Government in the supply of these wants, and carefully supervis- 
ing the use made of the stores furnished by the people and distrib- 
uted by themselves or their subordinates. Second, Special In- 
spectors OF Hospitals. — Eminent medical men temporarily em- 
ployed to make rounds of inspection in our military hospitals. Third, 
Storekeepero in charge of depots of Sanitary Stores which are 
located among, or near, all important bodies of troops, delivering 
on requisitions from Surgeons, or our own distributing agents, sup- 
plies for the sick, taking receipts for, and making record of all is- 
sues. Fourth, Special relief agents engaged in the distribution 
of stores, in procuring discharges and pay, transportation and pen- 
sions, and so far as possible relieving wants and suffering wherever 
they occur. Fifth, Canvassing Agents, exploring the home-field, 
and promoting the preparation and forwarding of supplies. Sixth, 
Ojfice Clerks, keeping up the accounts, records, and correspon- 
dence of the Commission and the Hospital Directory in its ofiices at 
Washington and Louisville. Seventh, Messengers, who accom- 
pany shipments of stores to prevent delays or losses. 

In the Western Department there are nearly one hundred of 
these agents constantly employed in the service of the Commission, 
to say nothing of all those who are engaged in the preparation and 
forwarding of stores for our distribution, and the earnest and inde- 
fatigable corps of volunteer laborers who are connected with our 
Branch Commissions, at Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, 
Louisville, &c. 

5th. Soldiers' Homes. — These are intended to aflford comfortable 
quarters to discharged men, who, weak and disabled, without 
money or friends, need such resting places on their way to their 
places of residence ; to those taken sick in transitu, and to those 
waiting for their papers, or their pay. All such are here received 
cleansed, fed, clothed, cared for kindly and well, saved from shar- 
pers and helped on their way. A number of homes of this kind 



have been established by the Commission in the east and west, and 
up to the present time have accommodated over 60,000 of our sol- 
diers. At least half of these have been entertained at the Sanitary 
Commission " Homes " in the west, established at Cairo, Louis- 
ville, Nashville, Cincinnati, Columbus and Cleveland. Measures 
are now being taken to increase the number and efficiency of these 
institutions, which confessedly represent one of the most important 
branches of our work. 

6th. Hospital Dikectories. — Of these there are two established 
by the Sanitary Commission, one at Washington and the other at 
Louisville. They are intended to be complete registers of all the 
inmates of our Military General Hospitals. Already they contain 
each over 50,000 Soldiers names — Louisville over 65,000 — and are 
affording precious information and unspeakable comfort to those 
who have friends sick or wounded in the army. At Louisville we 
are sometimes called upon to answer a hundred or more inquiries 
in a day, coming from residents of all parts of the west. We here 
receive regular reports from Hospitals in the following places : 



Columbus, 


Ohio. 


Cairo, 


HI. 


Gallatin, 


Tenn. 


Cleveland, 


<( 


Mound City, 


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Jackson, 


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Camp Dennisor 


1, " 


Bardstown, 


Ky- 


La Grange, 


" 


Cincinnati, 


" 


Bowling Green, 


" 


Murfreesboro, " 


Gallipolis, 


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Columbus, 


(( 


Memphis, 


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Clarksburg, 


Va. 


Covington, 


u 


Nashville, 


" 


Charlestown, 


li 


Columbia, 


n 


Keokuk, 


Iowa. 


Grafton, 


li 


Danville, 


" 


Davenport, 


u 


Parkersburg, 


" 


Louisville, 


u 


Ironton, 


Mo. 


Point Pleasant 


I 


Lebanon, 


" 


Kolla, 


(( 


Jeffersonville, 


Ind. 


Lexington, 


" 


St. Louis, 


li 


Evansville, 


'• 


Paducah, 


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Springfield, 


" 


New Albany, 


" 


Perry ville, 


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Helena, 


Ark. 


Quincy, 


111. 


Clarksville, Te 
Corinth, M 


nn. 

iss. 


Vicksburg, 


Miss. 


7th. Hospital and 


Supply Steamers.— 


-To secure the : 


regular 



transmission of stores to the depots of the Sanitary Commission, 
and transport sick when desirable, the Sanitary Commission has 
been compelled to keep a steamer in its service on our Western 
rivers a large part of the past year. Such a steamer is now char- 



tered by the Commission, and is now on lier way to Vicksburg with 
more than one thousand packages of stores. Gen. Grant has also 
by special order, given the control of another steamer to the agents 
of the Commission, to be employed by them as a floating depot of 
Sanitary stores, and she is now in use for that purpose. 

8th. Hospital Caks. — To provide for the comfort of the in- 
mates of hospitals in the interior of Kentucky and Tennessee, des- 
tined to be removed by rail to Louisville, a train of hospital cars 
has been fitted up and is now running under the supervision of 
agents of the Commission. These cars are provided with comfort- 
able beds, with food, stimulants, medicines, etc., and are in charge 
of kind and faithful men. One hundred sick are daily transported 
in them with as little danger and suffei'ing as though they remained 
in hospital. 

9th. Publications. — The Sanitary Commission has now pub- 
lished, in addition to all minor circulars, notices, etc., nearly one 
hundred distinct pamphlets, comprising many millions of pages, 
all bearing on the health of the army. 

10th. Special Facilities. — Through the liberality of the officers 
of Railroad and Steamboat lines, free transportation for stores has 
been afforded to the Commission throughout the entire West. 
Within the limits of the Military Departments free transmission of 
stores is universally granted to the Commission by the various 
Quartermasters, and this privilege has been farther guaranteed by 
special orders from Gen. Rosecrans and Gen. Grant — which orders, 
however, definitely limit the favor to goods forwarded by the U. S. 
Sanitary Commission. 

By the courtesy of their officers the Commission enjoys the free 
use of most of the Telegraph lines in the country, and a large part 
of its correspondence is franked by Members of Congress or other 
officers of the Government who enjoy this privilege, by all of which 
favors and facilities its power of doing good is greatly increased. 

The U. S. Sanitary Commission makes no discrimination between 
the sick and suffering of different regiments or different States, 
reckoning all equally worthy who have fought under one flag, for 
one cause, and have shared a common fate ; giving equally of its 
bounty and its care to all, guided only by the rule that the most 
needy are the most worthy. 

From its system of inspection and distribution; the authority 



and favor which it receives from the Government, the privileges 
granted to it by Railroad, Steamboat and Telegraph lines, and in- 
deed, by the combination of a great variety of influences, the San- 
itary Commission is able to transmit stores for the sick and wounded 
with far greater celerity, certainty and economy, and to distribute 
them with more justice and effect, than any State or local organiza- 
tion whatever; and I would earnestly dissuade the members of 
the honorable body which you represent from permitting the re- 
sources of our State to be employed to sustain any organization 
less catholic in its spirit, less systematic in its method, and less 
effective in its results. 

Yours respectfully, 

J. S. NEWBERRY, 
Secy West. JDep't. U. 8. /San. Com. 



APPEN^DIX. 

TESTIMONIAL OF MAJ. GEN. EOSECEANS. 



Head-Quakters Department of the Cumberland, 

MURFREESBORO', Feb. 2. 
The General Commanding presents his warmest acknowledg- 
ments to the friends of the soldiers of this Army, whose generous 
sympathy with the suffering of the sick and wounded has induced 
them to send for their comfort numerous sanitary supplies, which 
are continually arriving, by the hands of individuals and charita- 
ble societies. "While he highly appreciates and does not undervalue 
the charities which have been lavished on this Army, experience 
has demonstrated the importance of system and impartiality, as 
well as judgment and economy, in the forwarding and distributing 
of these supplies. 

In all these respects the United States Sanitary Commission 
stands unrivalled. Its organization, experience, and large facilities 
for the work, are such that the General does not hesitate to recom- 
mend, in the most urgent manner, all those who desire to send San- 
itary supplies, to confide them to the care of this Commission. 
They will thus insvire the supplies reaching their destination with- 
out wastage or expense of agents or transportation, and their being 
distributed in a judicious manner, without disorder or interference 
with the regulations or usages of the service. This Commission 
acts in full concert with the medical department of the army, and 
enjoys its confidence. It is thus enabled with few agents to do a 
large amount of good, at the proper time and in the proper way. 
Since the battle of Stone's Eiver it has distributed a surprisincrly 
large amount of clothing, lint, bandages and bedding, as well as 
milk, concentrated beef, fruit, and other sanitary stores essential 
to the recovery of the sick and wounded. 

W. S. EOSECEANS, 
Maj. Gen. Commanding Department. 



LETTER OF COLOKEJ. MOODY, OX THE U. «. SANITARY COM- 
MISSION. 



MURFEEESBOKO". Texn.. Fob. 5. 

Dr. a. N. Read:— 

Inspector U. S. Sanitary Commission: 

Sir : — I desire to express to you, and through you to the generous and 
patriotic donors sustaining the Sanitary Commission, my high appreciation 
of the works of love in which they are engaged. As I have visited the 
various hospitals in this place, and looked upon the pale faces of the 
sufferers, and marked the failing strength of many a manly form, I have 
rejoiced in spirit, as I have seen your benevolence embodied in substan- 
tial forms of food, delicacies, and clothing, judiciously and systematically 
distributed by those who are officially connected with the army. 

If the donors could only know how much good their gifts have done, 
and could but hear the blessings invoked upon their unknown fi4ends by 
the suffering ones, they would more fully realize the divine proverb, " It 
is more blessed to give than to receive." 

We would advise all who vnsh to extend the hand of their charity so as 
to reach the suffering officers and soldiers, who have stood " between 
their loved homes and foul wai''s desolation," to commit their offerings to 
the custody of " the United States Sanitary Commission," an organization 
authorized by the Secretary of War and the Surgeon General, having the 
confidence of the entire armj-, and affording a direct and expeditious 
medium of communication with the several divisions of the army, free of 
expense to the donors, and entirely reliable in its character. It is also 
worthy of special note, that the goods entrusted to the Commission are 
distributed to those who are actually sick or convalescent, and this is 
done under the security of the most responsible persons in its employ, and 
through regularly established official agencies in the army. If the patri- 
otic donors of the several States would direct their contributions into this 
channel, it would save much expense of agencies, blend the sympathies of 
Union men of the several States, and prevent unpatriotic distinctions in 
the patients in the hospitals, who are from every regiment, from every 
State. Side b}' side they fought and were wounded, and side by side they 
suffer in the hospitals — and the Commission, thi'ough appropriate agencies, 
extends its aid alike to the sons of Virginia and Penns^dvauia, Ohio and 
Kentucky, Indiana and Tennessee, ilichigan and Missouri, thus giving 
prominence to our cherished national motto — " We are many in one." As 
an illustration, the other day an agent of a Wisconsin society came to a 
hospital with sanitary goods for Wisconsin soldiers, and went along the 
wards making careful discrimination in behalf of Wisconsin soldiers, but 
soon saw that it was an uugracious task, and handed over his goods to the 
United States Sanitary Commission. Learning this, one of the AVisconsiu 
soldiers said : " I am 'glad of that, for it made me feel so bad, when my 
friends gave me those good things the other daj-^, and passed by that Illi- 
nois boy on the next bed there, who needed them just as much as I did ; 
but I made it square, for I divided what I got with him." Brave, noble 
fellow, his was the true spirit of a soldier of the United States. We Have 
a common country, language, religion, interest and destiny ; and we should 
closely weave the web of our unity, so that the genius of" liberty ma}', like 
him "who went about doing good," wear a "seamless garment." We 
believe in the constitutional rights of States, but most emphatically believe 
in our glorious nationality, which, like the sun amidst the stars, has a sur- 
passing glory, and is of infinitely greater importance, and should be 
cherished in every appropriate fonn of development. 

GRANVILLE MOODY, 
Col. Commanding lAth JR«gH 0. V . J. 



LETTER OF DR. G. G. SHUMARD, MEDICAL DIRECTOR, DANVILLE 

DISTRICT. 



Medical Director's Office,^ 
Danville, Ky., Dec. ^0. 1862. ^ 

Dr. J. S. Xewberry, 

Associate Secretary Sanitary Commission: 

Dear Sir : — Permit me through you to acknowledge my obligations to 
the United States Sanitarj' Commission for the very efficient aid it has 
rendered me in lurnishing supplies for the sick and wounded soldiers un- 
der my charge at a time when they could not be obtained through any oth- 
er source. 

When the hospitals were first established in this district we were almost 
entirely destitute of hospital and medical supplies, including almost every 
article necessary for the comfort of the sick. With an unusually large 
niunber of sick and wounded on our hands, we were compelled to see 
them suffer without the proper means of aflbrding them relief. 

The condition of things was immediately telegraphed to the Medical 
Purvej^or iu Louisville, and that officer with his usual promptness at once 
furnished everything necessary to render our sick comfortable, but from 
some cause the supplies were detained several weeks on the road, and 
were not received until long after those arrived that were sent by the Sau- 
itarj^ Commissiou. 

Considering the large number of sick and wounded in the District, (be- 
tween six and seven thousand,) and the almost total absence of everything 
necessary to render them comfortable, I have no doubt that the timely aid 
aflbrded by the (Commission in this single instance has been the means of 
preventing much suflering as well as of saving man.y valuable lives. 

I trust that the Commission will be able to continue in its good work, 
and that it may have, as it certainly deserves, the thanks of eveiy friend 
of humanity. 

I am, dear sir, very respectfully, 

GEO. G. SHUMARD, Surg. U. S. V. 

Medical Director, Danville District. 



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LETTER OF JOSEPH SHIPPEN, Esq. 

Louisville, Dec. 20, 1862. 
Dr. J. S. Newberry, 

Secretary Western Department, U. S. Sanitary Commission: 

Sir : Under a commission from the Governor of Pennsylvania to visit 
tlie regiments, and to report tlie condition of tlie sick and wounded from 
tliat State tlirougliout tlie Western Department, I came to Kentucky in the 
early part of November, and since then, in pursuance of my instructions, 
my time has been employed in visiting all the hospitals of Louisville, 
New Albany, Jeifersonville, Lexington, Lebanon, Perryville, Danville, 
Bowling Green and Nashville. 

The purpose of this communication is to express to you my appreciation 
of the kindness and courtesy I have constantly, while in this department, 
received from yourself, from the gentlemen connected with the Louisville 
Branch Commission, and from your agents eveiywhere ; and to bear tes- 
timony to the faithfulness and efficiency which I have personally witnessed 
in the performance of the duties imposed upon you all. Aware of the 
prejudices which exist in some minds against the United States Sanitary 
Commission, I have embraced the opportunity presented to me to become 
acquainted witli the objects to which your attention is directed, the system 
you have adopted for accomplishing them, and the degree of success that 
attends your efforts. Your system of keeping accounts and correspon- 
dence seems to me simple j^et comprehensive, j^our business is conducted 
with economy, and the agents you have employed, so far as my observa- 
tion extends, are active and faithful men, and take pleasure in ministering 
to the needy. The trust of distributing hospital stores committed to their 
hands, I am led to believe from my own observation and the testimony ot 
various surgeons, to be faithfully and conscientiously executed. On see- 
ing the imperative needs existing in the hospitals at Nashville, Bowling 
Green and Perryville, my only regret was that the supply of goods from 
your rooms fell so far short of the demand. 

These facts I have communicated to Gov. Curtin, and one of my recent 
reports urgently recommended that whatever hospital stores the Surgeon 
General of Pennsylvania might design for the Western department should 
be foi-warded to your care at Louisville. 

My admiration has been aroused by the broad generous spirit with which 
your Commission is animated. It recognizes all suffering soldiers to be 
brothers needing help and succor, and it strives to do the greatest good 
to the greatest number, regardless of State lines and local distinctions. — 
Observation and reflection teach that this is the true system of benevo- 
lence, founded upon pure patriotism. All special distributions are attend- 
ed with great difficulty and expense, and inevitably engender State pride 
at home and jealousy among the soldiers. They are opposed to the fund- 
amental idea for which we are warring, our undivided nationality. If the 
people throughout the breadth of our land would accept these facts, and 
would with iloubled energy in unison and co-operation work for the cause 
of sufiering humanity upon these principles, how much the sick soldier 
would gain. 

With since respect. 

Your obedient servant, 

JOSEPH SHIPPEN, 
Commissioner from Pennsylvania. 



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LETTER OF DR. READ, ON THE MISAPPROPRIATION OF SANI- 
TARY STORES. 



U. S. Sanitary Commission, 
Louisville, Ky., November 5tli, 1862J 

President Soldiers' Aid Society, Cleveland, 0. 

Dear IVIadam : Dr. Newberry lias just called my attention to certain pas- 
sages in letters from your Society, in which it is stated that many reports 
are x'eaching j^ou from inmates of Hospitals and returned soldiers to the 
effect that the gifts of the Soldiers' Aid Societies are not received by those 
for whom they are intended, are misappropriated by surgeons, nurses, &c. 
Now, after many months devoted to the examination of camps and hos- 
pitals, in almost all parts of the valley of the Mississippi, constantly en- 
gaged in distributing the stores of the Sanitary Commission, and care- 
fully looking after their application, I do not hesitate to say, decidedly, 
and detinitely, that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the gifts of the 
people transmitted through the agencies and agents of the Sanitary Com- 
mission, are faithfully applied to the relief of real wants among the 
sick and wounded of the army, and that they have accomplished so great 
an amount of good, that no language of mine can express it. Nowhere, 
but on the records of Heaven, will the true bearing and beueflt of this 
great work to suffering humanity, in which you and thousands beside of 
the loyal and wann hearted women of our country are engaged, be fully 
and jvistly reported ; but there they will form one of the brightest pages in 
the history of our fallen world. 

It has been, as you know, my special duty to look after and guard the 
interests of the sick soldier in all my intercourse with the anny, and I 
certainly had every incentive to be Mthful in that duty, jealous of the 
rights and carefal "of the comfort of those of whom I have been elected a 
representative and guardian. No one has had any better opportunity 
than myself of knowing whether your efforts for the poor soldier have 
been misdirected, your confidence abused, j^our bounty wasted. I say it 
without boasting — simply as a matter of fact — that there is scarcely a hos- 
pital in Kentucky or Tennessee, east of the Tennessee river, with the man- 
agement of which, and the condition of the patients, I am not familiar, 
and I take pleasure in assuring you positively and fearless of contradiction, 
that in none of them is there" prevalent any systematic or considerable 
misappropriation of the stores which your Society, or other auxiliaries 
of the Sanitary Commission are furnishing. That all the attendants of 
these Hospitals are honest and faithful, I will not state, nor do I believe, 
• for instances are known to have occurred where our stores, and those 
of the Government, have been purloined, but these cases are few and un- 
important, and the opportunity for this kind of dishonesty is very rare. — 
This is my testimony. But you will ask "If this is the truth, how do these 
reports which are so current, so paralyzing to our efforts, originate?" This 
question to the best of my abilit.v, I Avill answer. 

1st. A large portion of the bounty of the public has been distributed by 
special agents sent on hasty visits to camps and hospitals, who have not 
made use of our system ot any system, in the distribution of stores under 
their charge, nor have they remained to see that their bounty was proper- 
ly applied. As a natural consequence, a considerable percentage of stores 
distributed in this way has gone where not really needed, and in many 
cases they have been fraudulently diverted from their proper destination. 
All these cases are wrongly charged to us and you. 

2d. With all our efforts during the the year past, not half the patients in 
hospitals, though really needing our help, have received it, simply because 
our supplies were inadequate in quantity. Many a poor fellow has, there- 



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fore, failed to receive of our stores onl}- because we had not them to give 
him. Remember that half the number who have been sick in hospital 
come into this category, and their testimony, if properly understood, is 
the strongest possible argument in favor of increased activity in furnish- 
ing supplies. 

3d. Not half nor one fourth of those who receive the bounty of the peo- 
ple, in the form of hospital clothing and diet, are aware of the source from 
which those supplies come. The want is supplied — the good is done — but 
the government gets the credit for it. The surgeons and nurses who dis- 
tribute your gifts to the patients in the hospital, cannot be depended upon 
nor expected to say to each one who receives a shirt, or pair of drawers, 
socks, or slippers, "these are the gifts of the Sanitary Commission, the 
work of the good women who are laboring for, and thinking of you at 
home." In the press of our work, u-e can only say this to here and there 
one, and so the great mass receive the gifts, "but only thank the govern- 
ment. Many of the articles of clothing are nou\ and all should be marked 
so that they may tell their own story ; but even when this is the case you 
would be surprised to hear how often the name stamped on the articles is 
never read by the wearer. Let me give you an example of this : Once 
when going through a hospital in Paducah, with Dr. T. B. Austen, the Sur- 
geon in charge, I noticed one man who was wearing a shirt and pair of 
drawers, both plainly marked " Chicago Sanitary Commission." He was 
then eating dinner, and had on his j^late a spoonful of canned peaches, an 
article never furnished by the Government. I said to the man : "I am glad 
to see that the Sanitary Commission is doing you some good." He looked 
up with a blank expression, and said, the Sanitary Commission had been 
no beuetit to him ; he had never got any thing from it. I asked him who 
supplied him with the clothes he had on, the clean pillows and sheets on 
his bed, the fruit on his plate ? He "didn't know, the Government he sup- 
posed," and "he was not speciall}' thankful to Government, for he thought 
he had fully earned all he was receiving, and a little more." 

Articles of diet cannot be marked and thus identified, so tliat it very 
rarely happens that the patient in hospital Avho is daily eating the food you 
have sent him, is at all aware of it. 

4th. In a few instances these reports are wilful misrepresentations, or- 
iginating in some grudge entertained against the Commission by some old 
axmj officer or soldier — or derived from some personal pique, from too 
close investigation as to the performance of dutj'. Generally, however, I 
think they are made conscientiously, but by persons ignorant of the facts. 
I have been at the pains to ferret out a great number of these stories, and 
have in each case found that they either wholly misrepresented, or gross- 
ly exaggerated the tiicts in the case. 

My answer to all persons disposed to question the value of the services 
you are rendering to the sick and wounded in the annj-, would be to ask 
them to go with me to the battle-field of Penyville, or the hospitals of 
Danville, from which I have just retui-ned, having assisted in the distribu- 
tion among those wanting almost every comfort, not to say necessity of 
life, over thirty tons of stores forwarded by the Sanitary Commission. — 
My reports have given you a description of the need at these points, and 
the measures of relief afforded. I will not here report what I have there 
said, but will only add, that if any one having seen what I have of the 
works of the Sanitarj' Commission, and its auxiliaries, shall then and still 
question the value of the organization to the aiTny, or the propriety of 
sustaining it earnestly, his eyes and mind and heart are not mine. 

Yours respectfullv, 

A. N. READ. 



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LETTER FROMDH.J. S. NEWBERRY, SECRETARY WESTERN DE- 
PARTxMENT U. S. SANITARY COMMISSION. 



U. S. Sanitaky Commission,? 
Cevelanp, Jul}^ 12tli, 1862. ^ 

Mrs. B. Rouse : 

President Soldiers' Aid Society: 

Dear Madam : — You ask me if I can give you au assurauce that the Hos- 
pital Stores received from your Society and distributed by the agents of 
the Sanitary Commission, are not wasted or misapplied. 

In reply, 1 must say that I cannot assert positively that every arlide is 
honestly and wisely used to relieve the suffering of the sick in the army, 
for human nature is proverbially imperfect, and it would be too much to 
expect that all the various persons through whose hands these stores 
must pass, are alike pure and honest. I have no hesitancy in saying, how- 
ever, that to my certain knowledge a vast majority of the articles "which 
you send are properly used, and that the reports which have come to your 
ears, to the effect that they are generally and systematically misappropria- 
ted by officers and hospital attendents, are either gross exaggerations or 
unmitigated falsehoods. 

War is evidently an invention of the devil, with almost nothing good 
about it, but among its attendant evils wastefulness is conspicuous and in- 
evitable. In this waste we must share. Do what we can to prevent it, 
some of our stores will be wasted and lost. It is our constant care, how- 
ever, to make that charge to " profit and loss," as small as possible. We 
all know how large an item this is in the expenses of the government, and 
yet who thinks of giving up, on that account, the struggle in which we are 
engaged? The losses which we suffer, so much lighter, even proportion, 
ally, than those which befal the Government stores, since for the most 
part imavoidable, seem to me, therefore, only incentives to greater effort. 

With the use that we make and the care that we take of your Sanitary 
stores, you are pei'sonally well informed, and if I mistake not, well satis- 
tied; for the benefit of those who have not had your opportunity of obser- 
vation, permit me to suggest : 

1st. That the Inspectors and Agents of the U. S. Sanitary Commission 
in the Western Department, are all men of established character, and of 
a reputation above suspicion. The names ofDrs. Read, of Norwalk ; Ash- 
mun of Hudson ; Warriner, of Yellow Springs ; Pi'entice, Hopkins and 
Cleveland, of this city, are in themselves a guaranty that their work will 
be done faithfully and well. 

2d. The system of distribution of Sanitary Stores, which has been in- 
troduced into this department, is the result of much thought and effort, 
and so far as adopted it seems to render all great abuses impossible. 

My aim and practice has been to establish at all important headquarters 
of the army, near the office of the Medical Purveyor, a depot of Sanitary 
Stores, to which the surgeons of regiments and "hospitals, when coming 
for supplies, may have recourse for such things as the Government cannot 
, fmrnish. These depots, under the cai'e of competent persons, are man- 
aged with as much cai'e and system, as that of the Medical Purveyor, a 
record being kept and receipts taken for all articles issued. They are al- 
so under the general supervision of the Inspectors, who are constantly 
employed in visiting the camps and hospitals in the vicinity, drawing on 
the depot for the supply of real wants. Nor do<^s the care of the Inspec- 
tor over your bounty end here. On his rounds of inspection, he I'epeated- 
ly visits every hospital and sees with his own eyes, that his gifts are pro- 



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perly used; and while he is instructed to err, if at all, on the side of liber- 
ality, he is also enjoined to keep careful watch, that the stores he dispen- 
ses are not misused. 

Where this system has not been adopted, and stores are huiTiedly dis- 
tributed by inexperienced persons, making but a single visit to a locality 

a course still pursued by some Aid Societies and Sanitary Associations, 

errors and abuses are liable — even sure — to occur; but your stores have 
not been, and will not be thus distributed, so long as they are entrusted 
to the care of the Agents of the U. S. Sanitary Commission. 

Yours, very respectfully, 

J. S. NEWBERRY, 
Secretary Westeiii Department. 



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LETTER FROM E. D. HOWARD, ESQ., AGENT SANITARY COM- 
MISSION. 

MuEFREESBOEO' Tenn., Feb. 12, 1863, 
Dk. J. S. Newberry : 

Al)out a week since my attention was called to a communication, first 
published in tlie Ohio State Journal, and copied into the Cincinnati En- 
quirer, dated Murfreesboro', and over the anonymous signature of "Macii," 
in wliich statements are made respecting the hospital and hospital officials 
in and about Murfreesboro', which I know to be grossly untrue. That part 
of the communication which referred to the conduct of the Surgeons and 
Assistants, charging them, without exceptions, with gi'oss and criminal neg- 
lect of the sick and wounded men, I replied to immediately in a com- 
munication to the Journal in which I stated from my personal knowledge, 
that in most, if not all the cases which have come under my observation 
the Surgeons are honestly and faithfully endeavoring to discharge their 
arduous and diflicult duties to their patients. This statement I felt con- 
strained to make as a matter of justice to the Surgeons of the army in this 
Department. With regard to the authorship of the communication I have 
since ascertained that it was written by a discharged soldier, who ac- 
knowledged to a comrade now here, (and whose name can be given if nec- 
essary,) that he was drunk when he wrote it and regretted it. The letter, 
howevei', has gone wide spread through the newspapers, and will be read 
by thousands who will be ignorant alike of its source and its falsity. 

Among the misstatements made, however, is one calculated to exert an 
inlluence even more pernicious to the interests of the brave men now ly- 
ing sick and woundecl in hospitals here, and which I have thought best to 
meet in a difl'erent manner. In speaking of the Sanitary stores sent here, 
"Mack" makes the wholesale statement that they are ail consumed by the 
officers and hospital officials, and that the sick and wounded soldiers do 
not get any of them. Knowing the eflect which such statements, made, I 
am sorry to say, by others of the "same ilk" with "Mack," have had, and 
will continue to have upon the source of our supplies at home, I deter- 
mined at once to make the appeal to the soldiers in hospitals and endeavor 
to put the result in such shape as would settle the question so far as the 
hospitals here are concerned. 

Accordingly I have circulated the following statement as I have passed 
from one hospital to another in the performance of other duties, simply 
stating the charges made by "Mack" and his confreres, and asking them to 
sign or not, according to their positive personal knowledge and experience. 

The names appended to this paper have been in every case put there by 
the voluntary consent of the men, the signatures being actually made by 
the individuals except when wounds or sickness made it necessary for an- 
other to write at their dictation ; and let me state that every patient to 
whom this paper has been presented, has not only signed it, but signed it 
willingly and gladly. The list comprises all the patients now in hospital 
here and on the battle-field, with the exception of a few whom I cannot 
reach without delaying the publication, which is demanded now. 

I hope that every editor in the North, who has at heart the interest of 
our brave men, sick and wounded in the common cause, as well as the 
Adndication of truth and justice, will publish this list and thereby sustain 
and stimulate the thousands whose philanthropic eflbrts are flagging un- 
der the discouraging influence of statements made by irresponsible and 
reckless men, who, like "Mack," do not hesitate to villify a holy cause to 
gratify a petty spite or the drunken humor of a disappointed selfishness. 

E. D. HOWARD. 



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TESTi:\IONIAL FROM SOLDIERS IN JMURFREESBORO' HOSPITALS 
TO U. S. SANITARY COMJtIISSION. 



We the undersigned, sick and wounded federal soldiers in hospital, here- 
by testify that we have individually received from the U. S. Sanitary Com- 
mission, articles of bedding, clothing, dressings, food, fruit, delicacies, &c., 
and that the same have contributed to our health and comfort, and that 
the statements that the Sanitary stores are all consumed by officers and 
hospital officials and do not reach the soldiers at all, are untrue : 

GENERAL HOSPITAL, No. 5, JIURFREESBORO'. 

Doctor J. AI. EwART, Surgeon in charge. 



Samuel Nesbitt, private, co 11, 4flth O. 
Orine L. Fislier, jDrivate, co E, 105th O. 
Thomas Thorly, private co D, 123d 111. 
John Kear. private, co H. 2(lTeun cav. 
Wm Carlisle, private co E, 4'.)th O. 
Sabastin Rice, private, co G, (ith Ky. 
H S Drake, private, co G, 101st O. 
(,'ornelius Riley, private, co. E, 23d Ind. 
Wm. H, Bush, private, co K, 7th Peuu cav. 
Ulriah Bursamaster, private, co I, 24th 111. 
Michael Hupman, private co I, 24th Wis. 
Edward C. Snyder, private, co E, 74th O. 
Jonathan T CuUends, corp co E, 75th El. 
Chas. Gonnerman, private co E, 75th 111. 
Davis V. Meridith, private, co U, 34ih 111. 
Phillip Gelwiek, sarg. co I, 34th 111. 
John McKellar, private, co C, 7th Penn cav. 
Thos W Patterson, private, co C, 123d 111. 
John Clinginlew, private, co A, 123d 111. 
Wm Pattel'son, private co B, ISth reg. 
Wm T Whitehouse, priv. co. co D, (jth Ky. 
Frank Kleesper, private, co II, 5th Ky. 
Sam C Jones, sarg. co A. 3'.lth Ind. 
Thomas D Henly, private, co H, 123d III. 
Roger Xicoley, private, co G. 2d Tenn cav. 
Edward Hull, private, co E, 51st III. 
James Harris, private, co C. 9th Tenn. 
Wm Tracy, private, co A, 100th 111. 
Rufus Huiise, private, co P, 21st O. 
James Cook, private co A. 75th III. 
Joseph Gryer, private, co A, 75th III. 
Runick Martin, private, co I, 7'.tth III. 
I R Macomber, private, co E, 4th Mich cav. 
Daniel Monson, private, co B. 21st Wis. 
John Haddock, co K, 123d 111. 
John Beach, private, co H, 35th Ohio. 
Wm Pate, private, co A. 22d Ind. 
Wellington J Dresser, priv. co G, 27th Wis. 
David Mahon, private, coB, 21st Wis. 
James J Egan, private, co A, 89th lil. 
D Graves, private co G, 51st Ohio. 



I Heurv Law, private, co D. 34th 111. 

I W M n Chauiberlin, private, co G, 36th 111. 

I Ethan Keck, private, co C, 3(Jth 111. 

1 Wm A McDowell, corp. co F. 0th Ky. 

I Wm S McGuirc, corp. co D, 8th Ky. 

! Aaron Coon, private, co II, 49th Ohio. 

! Frederick (iodard, private, co H, S9ih III. 

\ Jos Delabaugh, corp co A, 29th Ind. 

' Isaac James, private, co B, I8th reg. 

E A Day, private, co F, 88th 111. 

Amos liiitrman, corporal, coC, 2nd Ohio. 

G G Patterson, private, co B. 44th 111. 

Jas Do3'le. private, co. D. 2d Ohio. 

Henry M Fruits, private, co I, 2d Ohio. 

David Kinnv, private, co A, 16th reg. 

T T Roberts'on, private, coB, 2l6t III. 

J. H. Mitchell, private, co K, 37th Ind. 

Jos Gray, private, co H, 27th 111. 

Thos Lofters, priv. co A. 5th Ky., Louisville 
Legion. 

Thos Kehoe, private, coE, 8Sth III. 

G W Dodson, priv. co E, 1st Tenn cav. (reb) 

Sherwood W Shankland, co B. 'stOhio Bat. 

Elam M Page, private, co F. 2.5th Ohio. 

Wm Boldt, private, co E, 3Sth Ind. 

Benj T Goodman, corporal, co E. 3SthInd. 

Leauder Jackson, corporal, co C, 38th Ind. 

Joseph H Moon, private, co I, 38th Ind. 

Asa Muuson, private, co F, 42d Ind. 

AHolcroft, private, co F, 22dlnd, police. 

Jno W McClintock. priv. co C, 33d Ind, do. 

Moses Gunn, private, co C, 21st 111, nurse. 

John W Cluspill, private, co K. 25th 111. 

Ole S Oleson, private, co F. 15th Wis. 

Jno Oberg, serg't, co F, 15th Wis. 

Henry O. S. Pribble, private, co H. 57th Ind. 

Jesse" Pierson, private, co D, 21st 111. 

31 Fanning, private, co G, 21st 111. 

Kneed Emerson, corporal, co K, 15th Wis. 

Benj. Dinninger, private, co G, 42d 111. 

Fred McCooper, pViv. co H, 42d Ind, nurse 



gent:ral hospital, no. 3, MLTJFREESBORO'. 

Doct. H. p. JoHNSox, 18th Ohio, Surgeon in charge. 



John Schweitzer, private, Co I, 6th Ky. 
Samuel C. Barber, private, Co G, 34th HI. 
Joseph Harper, private, Co B, 16th Reg. 
Francis M. Liveray, private. Co F, 44th 111. 
Cyrus Phillips, sergeant, Co F, 74th Ohio. 
Patrick Fahey, private, Co A, 16th Reg. 
Perry Henderson, private. Co H, 2d Ky. 
D. M. Reno, private, Co H, 29th Ind. 
Eugene Brewer, private, Co D, 34th HI, 



W. E Wallace, private, Co G, 42 Ind. 
W. D.Malott, private, Co E, 15th Ky. 
Elias H. Johns, corporal, Co B, 18th Keg. 
James H. Tooker, corporal, Co E, 16th Keg 
Wm. Hamilton, sergeant major, 16th Reg. 
Geo. Brooks, private, Co D, 18th Reg. 
D. C. Weever, private, Co E, 18th Reg. 
>Iichael Whalen, serg't, Co B, 18th Reg. 
Thomas Narry, private, Co G, ISth Reg. 



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Geo. Moore, private, Co A, 18th Reg. 
Gevilford D. Sims, private, Co C, 42 111. 
John J. Gitely, private, Co K, 5th Ky. 
Christian Schralk, private, Co F, 18th Reg. 
John Jackabeck, private, Co P, 18th Reg. 
Barnard Brink, private, Co P, 18th Reg. 
Michael Maley, private, Co B, 18th Reg. 
Newton Tborp, private, Co G, 18th Reg. 
Dan'l Woodland, corporal, Co F. 18th, Ohio. 
John L. Gray, private, Co. E, 18thO*»io. 
John Benham, private. Co H, 19th 111. 
Asa Z. Scott, private, Co B, 18th Ohio. 
Sherman Friece, private, Co E, ISlh Ohio. 
Wm H. McDonald, private, Co. E, 18th O. 
James Quinn corporal, Co A, 18th Ohio. 
Bilford Griffith, corporal, Co G, 18th Ohio, 
James D. James, private, Co 1, 18th Ohio. 
L. D.Carter, ord- sergeant, Co I, 18th Ohio. 
Isaac Washington, private, Co F, 18th Ohio- 
Patrick Ford, private, Co H, 18th Ohio. 
Leroy S Bardroft, private, Co. B, ISth O. 
L. H. Kcnnard, private, Co B, 18th Ohio. 
David Lakeu, private, CoD, 18th Reg. 
Thos. P. flyers, corporal, Co P, 18tht)hio. 
Maurice Schwartz, sergeant, Co B, 18th Reg. 
Austin K. Peckins, private, Co F, 18th Ohio- 
Roland Pericolet. private, Co K, 19th 111. 
Henry Roby, sergeant, Co A. 18th Ohio. 
Harrison Dartt, private, Co D, 18th Ohio. 
Wm. H. Wright, sergeant. Co 1, 18th Ohio. 
Joseph Matt private, Co I, 19th 111. 
W. A Mills, private, Co G, 3d Ohio. 
R. S Singleton, private, Co E, 3d Ohio. 
Wm. C. Kesver, private, Co C, 3d Ohio. 
Albert P Asher, private, Co F, 3d Ohio. 

C. W. Wood, private, Co I, 3d Ohio. 
Wm. Wertz, private, Co A, .3d Ohio. 
Geo. A. Ball, corporal, Co H, 3d Ohio. 
W. C. Light, private, Co C, 3d Ohio. 
E. C. Nichols, sergeant, Co I, 3d Ohio. 

W. H. H. Piatt, drummer, Co A, 11th Mich. 
P. V Delbre, private, CoE, 11th Mich. 
B. P. Cliibine, private, CoE, 11th Mich. 

D. S. Letrick, private, Co A, 69th Ohio. 
P. A. Wattman, private, Co B, 11th Mich, 
Martin tanner, private, Co G, 11th Mich. 
Geo. Davidson, private, Co B, G9th Ohio. 
Wm. K. Wood, private, Co A, 11th Mich. 
Wm. P. Wood, private, Co A, 11th Mich. 



[ G. W. Parrand, private, Co D. 11th Mich 
I Henry Day, private, Co H, 39th Ind. 
i Robert Glenn, private, Co I, .3d Ohio. 

A. Fenton, captain, Co B, 18th Ohio. 

A. W. S. Minear, adjutant, 18th Ohio. 
, Thomas Duncan, private, Co A. 12 !d 111 . 

James J. Foundry, private. Co I, 123d 111. 

Wm. Condeu, private, Co G, 123d 111. 

Jacob Durston, private, Co A, 34th 111. 
1 Elias Sarus, private, Co I, 21st Ohio. 
I George Smith, private, Co F, 21st Ohio. 
I Westley Snyder, private, Co E, 21st Ohio. 
; John E. Brown, private, Co E, 37th Ind. 

John Stahl, private, Co I, 37th Ind. 

Levi Cochran, private, Co D, 37th Ind. 

Andrew Vansickle, sergeant, Co D. 37th Ind. 
i Robard Allen, private, Co G, 37th Ind 

James Wise, corporal, Co D, .37th Ind. 

John Turner, private, Co I, 93d Ohio. 

Garrett Linscott, private, Co E, 74th Ohio. 
! Harris Williams, private, Co K, 74th Ohio. 

Hush Tucker, private, Co G. 39th Ind. 

Jack Rice, private, Co G, 39th Ind. 

Andrew Ilackman, private, Co A, .39th Ind. 

Joseph Wyburn, private, Co II, 74th Ohio. 

Danvin W. Row, corporal, Co A, 39th Ind. 

Ralph II. Jones, private, Co A, 39th lud. 
: Henry Elwell, private, Co I, 80th 111. 
1 David Miller, private, Co G, 21st Ohio. 
I Samuel C. Frier, private. Co E, 21st Ohio 
I Elenor S. Shoemaker, private, Co F 21st O 

Joshua Sworrer, private, Co F, 21st Ohio. 

P. W. Bishop, private, Co B, 21 st Ohio. 

Bramit Brant, private, Co E, 2d Tenn. Cav. 
I Newton Barkhomes, private, Co c, 21st O. 
: James H. Baker, private, Co H. 21st 111. 
I Peter Griner, private, Co. G, 101st Ohio. 

Ernest Rife, private, CoH, 24th 111. 

W. S. Stevens, corporal, Co E. 49th Ohio. 
; Albert B. Cottingham, pr'te, Co I, 39th Ind. 
i Henry II. Wise, private, Co A, loth Ohio. 
i H. W. Jones, corporal, Co A, 39th Ind. 

Absolom Herrill, corporal, Co A. 39th Ind 

Townsend Fall, private, Co D, 19th Reg. 
, Desire Kleniwork, private. Co A, 19th 111. 
^ Levi Kelly, private, Co E. 69th Ohio. 

George Harting, private, Co E, 69th Ohio. 
; John Doyle, drummer, Co E, 69th Ohio. 

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GENERAL HOSPITAL, No. 2, MURFREESBORO', TENNESSEE. 



George W. Ashton, private, co E, 15th Ohio. 
F. W. Saunders, ord. sergeant, co K, 15th O. 
Wm. Boyer, private, co B, 49th Ohio. 
Jeremiah Iloutz, private, co D, 39th Ind. 
Tyers Predk, private, co E, 34th 111. 
Sam'l Graham, sergeant, co E, 3d Ten. Cav. 
J. S. Risor, private, co C, 15th Ohio. 
George House, private, co E, 2d Tenn. Cav. 
Kellam Smith, private, co E, 1st Ohio Art'y. 
Allen N. Hancock, sergeant, co G, 29th Ind. 
Geo. S. Richards, corporal, co E, S9th HI. 
Orlin W. Tremain, corporal, co I, 3Uth Ind. 
Simeon A. Davis, private, co B, 101st Ohio. 
George Miller, private, co F, 39th Ind. 
Noah Stockman, private, co D, 39th Ind. 
Glinman Thomas, private, co C, 38th 111. 
Magill. J. M., private, co K, 1st East Tenn. 
Geo. Herrell, private, co. H, 1st East Tenn. 
Henjy C. Hart, private, co 1, 1st East Tenn. 
Jesse McCready, private, co C, Ist East'Teu. 
Jas. Bowman, private, co I, Is. East Tenn. 
Wm. Lane, private, co I, 1st East Tenn. 
Geo. W. Diggs, private, co K, 1st East Tenn. 
Russell Harrington, private, co C, 4th Mich. 

Cav. 
John Brashears, private, co 1, 1st East Tenn. 
Jas. McDaniels, corporal, co E, 39th Ind. 
Dupes Emanuel, private, co 1, 1st Ohio. 
Braun, N. C, private, coE, 59th 111. 
Thos. J. Slusser, corporal, co F, 59th 111. 
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Marshal M. Beach, sergeant, co D,4th Mich. 

Cav. 
Patrick Bonner, private, co 1, 1st Ohio. 
J. C. Harts, private, co H, 40th Ohio. 
Mich'l Kimmel, corporal, co K, 101st Ohio. 
Wm. H. Jones, private, 4th Re^'t Art y. 
John V- Kidney, private, 4th Ohio. 
Jacob Smith, private, co K, 101st Ohio. 
Jerome B. Halley, private, co B, lOlst Ohio 
Cnas. H. Mottler, private, co C, 4th O. Cav. 
Peter Diebold, private, co A, 4th Ohio Cav. 
Henry Wickers, private, co K,4th Ohio Cav. 
Thos. W. Thompson, private, co D, 74th O. 
Hillcr. Chas. C, sergeant, co B, 24th 111. 
Wm. Webber, corporal, co K, 24th 111. 
Chas H. Baird, priv'e, co A, 4th Mich. Cav. 
Henry Nelson, private, co B, 36th 111. 
Philip Mangle, private, co B, 38th Ohio. 
Henry Dougherty, private, co K. 38th Ohio. 
Thomas Wells, private, co K, 38th Ohio. 
Philip J. Minmick, private, co K, 74th Ohio. 
Wm. Breauzealis, corp, co. 1, 1st E. Tenn. 
James Penrod, private, co C, 74th Ohio. 
Geo. F. Schnebly, corp. co. E, 74th Ohio. 
Wm. Fitzgerald, private, co C, 38th Ohio. 
Richard \^nslack, private, co C, 3d O. Cav. 
Jacob North, corporal, co A, 8th Ind. 
Jos. W. Rose, private, co D, 5th East Tenn. 
McCoUum, Wm. A , private, 5th East Tenn. 
Jno.W. Davis, private, co F,5th East Tenn. 



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GENERAL HOSPITAL, No. 4, MURFREESBORO', TENNESSEE. 



Lyman C Galpin, private, 4th Mich Cav. 
K C Owen, lieutenant, co K, Slst Ind. 
E C Whittaker, private, co C. 51st Ind. 
H S Spaulding, private. 
John E Agler, private. 
BickfordN Hutchinson, private. 
Geo H Collins, private. 
O J Orcutt, private. 
Jno F Heilder, priv. co B, 03d O. 
Evan D Davies, private, co C, 21st Wis. 
Kemus A Pate, private, co K, 3d Ky cav. 
Geo I Compton, private co K, 3d Ky cav. 
Nathaniel Dellingham, priv. co E. 7-lth 111. 
diaries Thomas, private, co E, 3Sth O. 
Geo Mansur, private co 1). 21st Wis. 
Jas Scarborough, priv co D, 2d mid. Tenn. 
Wm C Hill, private co E. 1st east Tenn. 
Benj Jones, private, co C, 74th 111. 
David E Lcitz, private, coH, T5th 111. 
Abraham Mires, private, co A, 75th 111. 
Geo II Norris private, co. G, 86th Ind. 
Augustus W Wilharra, priv co A, SUth Ind. 
8 B. McTcer, ass'torcil'y, co F, 2d Tenn cav. 
Peter Kiser, corp'l, co F, 88th Ind. 
Jacob Vitzer, private, co K, 51st Ind. 
J R Alexander, private, co B, S6th, Ind. 
Geo W Harris, priv, to C, 94th O. 
Harrison Wilson, serg'tco G,04th Ohio. 
Oliver H Peed, private, co K, S6th Ind. 
Wm L Smith, private, co E, 04th O. 
M G. Goforth, private, co B, 7th Tenn. 



John Wilson, private, co G. 94th O. 
Cyrenius Dennis, private, co C, 75th 111. 
Edw B Proctor, private, co E, 18th O cav. 
Louis Keinkeu, corp'l co K, 2d Mo. 
J T Furlow, corp'l co G, 10th Texas cav (reb) 
Jas T Walker, corp', Ico H, 25th 111. 
Rob't Harrison, private co C, 2d Tenn cav. 
Sam'l II Cain, corp'l co I, 84th 111. 
J N Andrews, corp'l co F, 74th 111. 
Jacob Arantd, private, co E, 5th Ky, Louis- 
ville Legion. 
Joshua A Lancaster, private, co D. 9th Ky. 
John ^IcCorniick private, co G, 37th Ind. 
John Madden, private, co G, 37tn Ind. 
Sam'l L Pugh, private, co B, 1st East Tenn. 
Humphery A Brown, private, 5th Wis bat- 
George W Angel, private co K 18th O. 
Robin Martin, private, co F, 42d Ind. 
Levi Morris, private co I 37th Ind. 
Alfred A Dixon, private co H 87th 111" 
Allen W Warnock, serg. co G 27th Ind. 
Casper Jlesmer, private, co D, 17th reg. 
Thos A English, private, co I 42d Ind. 
Eli French, private, co D, 20rh Ind. 
Spencer Thomas, eerg co C 4th Mich cav. 
Lemuel Beirficld, private co 11 ".'Sth 111. 
Winlield Laddoris, private, co E, 38th O. 
Jas F Morland. corp'l, co II. 8th Ky. 
John C Loy. corp'l, co D, 49th O. 
Elzer B. Lawrence, corp'l coH. 34th 111. 



FRAME HOUSE HOSPITAL, (Weed's House,) MURFREESBORO' 
PIKE, TENNESSEE, February 10, 1863. 

John Anderson, private, co I, 21st 0. 
W T Long, corporal, co A, 21st 0. 
Louis Pruashan, private, co G, 51 st III 
John O'Riley, private, co E, 2 st 111. 
Charles F'enfield, private, co D. iQlst 0. 
Alfred Young, private, co I, 3Sth Ind. 
Samuel J' hnson, corporal, co C, lOth Wis. 
John M Gray, corporal, co I, 9tb Ky. 
Henry Hippiirt, private, co h", 92d ('. 
Reuben I'arker. corporal, co E, 1st 0. 
Elisha T Tourtillott, corporal, co F, 111. 

Jasper M Martin, corporal, co K, 42d Ky. 

Franklin H Boiss, piivate, co K, 42d Ind. 

John Roth, private, co E, 15th Wi". (No •) 

John M I.opan private, co D, 93d O. 

Reuben 'SV'illiams, private, co B, 16lh rog. 

B P Jenkinp, private, co D, 9th Ky. 

Henry Riley, private, co 6, 40th Ind. 

Talton Enle, private, co K, S6th Ind. 

James Lacy, private, co 1, 44tb 111. 

Leman Brcntly, corpora!, co I, 15th Jlo. 

Archibald Rigart, private, co G, 9th Ky. 

Enos Reed, privjite, co E, 8Sth Ind. 

James Acker, private, co B, 15th reg. 

James F Manley, corpoial, co D, 3Sth Ind. 

Patrick Joice, private, co C. 33d 111. 

Edwin larry, corporal, co G, 75th 111. 



A'ietor Sern, 1st sergeant, col, 15th Mo. 

Willy Pilkinton, prl ate, co R, 75th 111. 

William linslon, private, co I, 38th III 

Peter Peterson, private, co H, 15th Wis. 

James Botforff, private, co F 39th Ind. 

Keils I Gilbeit, sergeant, co F. 15th Wis. 

Ole Iverson, private, co H, l.'ith Wi? . 

Jacob Hartman, private, co F,38th Ind. 

Samuel Thayer, private, co }*, 74th Ind. 

Linoer Baker, corporal, co G, 74th 0. 

John F Laffcrty. corporal, co I. 22d 111. 

Andrew Scott, private, co C, 3d O. 

Christopher P«ters, private, co H. 69th 0. 

Green B ."^teward, private, co K, llth Ky. 

Niels J Kida, coiporal, co H, 15th Wis. 

Robert AVilson, private, co G, f-9th III 

Geo Vv llouke, priv»te, co A, 4th 5'la. (rebel) 

Robert C Gray, private, co C, 6th Ind. 

Samuel S Cattingham, private, co I, 30th Ind. 
(nurse.) 

Chas W Hall, private, co C, 5fth 0. 

Daniel Dunn, private, co G. 5th Ky. 

hbenezer Baird, 6th Onio Battery, (independ- 
ent.) 

Chas H Bonames, private, co B, 3Sth Ind. 

>athan Frederickson, private, co H, 30th Ind, 



GENERAL FIELD HOSPITAL, REAR OF BATTLE FIELD, 5 MILES 

FROM MURFREESBORO'. 

J. T. Moore, Surgeon in charge. 



C C 'Webb, Captain, co E, 13th Mich. 
N W Noble, Lieutenant, 51st 0. 
Lewis Hill, corporal, co B, 43d 111. 
Henry Porter, 1st sergeant, co G, 6th Ky. 
Michael Lanck, private, co D. 99th O. 
Robert Moses, private, co M, 3d Ky Cav. 
Jack To'tifoger. private, co A, 32d Ind. 
Cyrus Dixon, private, co A, 32d Ind. 



John McAllister, prirate co F, 90th 0, 
William Mi net, private, co F, 82d 0. 
Jacob E Conkling, sergeant, co B, 44th 111, 
Richard Jenkins, private, co I, 27th 111. 
William Carter, corporal, co K, 74th O. 

I George McDaniels, private, co C, 84th 111. 
William H Server, private, co G, 82d Ind. 

1 James B Jones, corporal, co I, 37th, Ind. 



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Henry B Deflnduffer, private, co E, SStb 111. 
M H Martin, private, c« E, 9-tth 0. 
Thos C Leedom, private. Bat F, Ist A. 
Jacob Mansfield, private, c i D. 51st 0. 
Bennentt Hewl, private, co G, 42d 111. 
John Wolf, private, co C, 101st O. 
Samuel Patrick, private, co A, 84th 111. 
George Crenner, private, co H, 57th Ind. 
\Vm D Buckland, private, co E, 90th 0. 
Patrick Padden. private, co H, 1 6th Regulars. 
Hugh HcGarrighan, private, co E, 24th 0. 
Joseph Johnson, private, co F, 2d Tenn. 
Robert Campbell, private, co D, 18th 0. 
Peter Smale. private, co A, 7Sth Pa. 
Valentino Coyn, corponil, co D, 21st 0. 
Thaddeus W Coffeen, private, co D, .j.Otli 111. 
Henry Shartzer. private, co B 3Sth O. 
Peter Boyle private, co F, 78th Pa. 
James Brannen, private, co D, 51st 111. 
Jas C Wash, p'ivate. co E, 19th 111. 
James A Kisinger, corp'l, co I, 101st O. 
Jeremiah Hayes, private, co E, .37th Ind. 
Eeidolph Jacoper, private, c.) H, '22d 111. 
Wm M Brown, corporal, co H, 35th 111. 
Thomas B White, private., co K, ()4th 0. 
John L McLaiii, private co K, 70th Ind. 
Dr F Ray, private, co K, G9th Ind. 
Samuel T Hooke, private, co B, 70th Ind. 
Martin Corlett, private, 18th USA. 
WmHarn, private, co E, 86th Ind. 
Thomas Collins, private, coG, 21st O. 
Henry Weller, private Goth O. 
Wm J Coffiey, sers't, co C, 2Cth Ind. 
Wm F Ness, serg't, co H, 86th Ind. 
Jeremiah Cook, corp'l co D, 78th Penn. 
Nathal L Coffenday, private, co C, 86th Ind. 
Henry Oxley, private, co K, 86th Ind. 
Geo E Finsay, private, co A, 86th Ind. 
Geo W Wolf, private, co E, 86th Ind. 
Milton Cotton, priv.atc, co D, 35th Ind. 
John Lowe, private, co F, 35th Ind. 
Dennis Powers, private, co E, 35th Ind. 
Thos Ryan, private, co G, 35th Ind. 
Andrew Syphon, private, co I. 35th Ind. 
Haarlieg liarker, private, co F, .35th Ind. 
John O'Bryne, private, co E, 35th Ind. 



David Clover, private, co D, 73d 111. 
Phillip Gaithers, private, co D, 2d Mo. 
Theopolis Sider, private, co D, 15th Mo. 
John Ahues, private, co F, 2d Mo. 
Charles Nowcart, sergeant, co F, 2d Mo. 
Herman Blommer, private, co D, 2d Mo. 
W M LandsdoTvn, private, co B, 21st III. 
Avery Hawkins, private, co K, 3Sth III. 
Lambert Scott, sergeant, co B, 23d Ky. 
Josiah Jortimon private, co A loth O. 
George McLafiiin, private, co A, 13th 0. 
James Rogers, private, co A 33d 0. 
Jas Pend'gast, privatf^, co K, 22d 111. 
Simeon T Lovejoy, private, co A, 3Sth 0. 
John J Wilsey, sergeant, co A, 3Sth 0. 
Geo Earbon, private, co C, 3od O. 
Phillip Miller, private, co F, 1.3th O. 
Thomas Outcalt. private co K, 17th 0. 
John Simons, private, co A, oSth 0. 
Kdwin Steley, private, co A, 13th 0. 
Theodore Ligett, sergeant co G, 74th O. 
P Deitz, private, co H, 21st O. 
John L Furgnson, private co E, 74th O. 
H Rosenhal, private, co G, 1st Mo A. 
Edward Lacy, corporal, co A. 17th O. 
Thos J Stiphue, private, co E, 37th Ind. 
Thos P McCracken, private, co H, .37th Ind. 
ChasBashman private, co I, .34th Ind. 
Green Delee. private, co P. 1st Tenn cav. 
Rufiis Duncan, private, co C, 51st 111. 
Jesse Dougherty, private, co II, 27th 111. 
Denton Weigel, private co P. .32d Ind. 
Mathias Temple, musician, SOth O. 
M Kavenaugh, private, co I 22d 111. 
Wm Plumkitt, private, co D, .3Sth 111. 
J L Harrington, private, co P. 18th reg. 
Chas M Kelley, private, co G, 42d 111. 
Addison Hamilton, private, co H, 18th O. 
H Miller, private, co K, 25th 111. 
D C Winburn, serg't, co II. 8th Ky. 
Chas Peterson, corporal co K, 51st 111. 
John Glaspe, private, co G, 16th USA. 
Jacob P Kottinger, private, co B, 16th USA. 
Clayton Everett, serg't, co H. 47th O. 
Silas Warford, private, co C, 8th Ky. 



HOSPITAL No, 1, MURFREESBORO'. 



Geo B Douglas, 2d lieut, co C, 36th 111. 
D B Van Winkle, serg,t, co K, 73d 111. 
J A Hawkins, musician co C, 44th 111. 
Geo H McKinuie, private co F, 73d 111. 
H B Latham private co B, 30th 111. 
James Frazer, private, co Hj 22d 111. 
Thos Condoh, private, co K, 42d 111. 
J W Cunningham, private, co G, 22d 111. 
H D Rossiter. 1st serg't co C, 22d 111. 
C B Hall, 3d serg't, co B, 22d 111. 
G W Clark, 1st serg't co C, 27th 111. 
Thos Welch, private co D, 36th 111. 
Francis D Lewis, private co I, 22d III. 
H Larson, private, co A, 15th Wis 
Andrew Cox, private, co K, SSthlU. 
M Boedefelt, private co D, 2d Mo 
James W Swigart, corp'l, co A, 21st Mich 
Henry Langhurst, private, co B. 42dlll. 
Herman Peters, private coB, 42d 111. 
Thadeus L Mott private co D, 42d HI. 
Rob't Reaves, corp'l co D, 22d 111. 
St John Aberdein, 2d lieut, co C, 42d HI. 
James S Briggs, private, co D, 21st 111. 
John O Kelley, private, co C, 21st Mich. 
J G Beard, co K, 92d 111. 
Geo Thomas, private co K, 22d Ill- 
Valentine Bretz, private co A, 21st Mich. 
Samuel Tucker, private, co D, 36th 111. 
Wm E Davis, private, co B, 73d 111. 
Frank Orst, private, co K, 42d Ill- 



George Basler, captain, co K, 23d 111. 
Adam Shieldheiss, private, co P. 22d 111. 
Andrew A Perry, private, co C. 22d 111. 
Simon L Smith, private, co P, 36th 111. 
John Shrader, private, co A, 44th 111. 
Lemuel Wooldridge, corp'l co I, 21st Mich. 
M J Sheridan, col serg' co D, 42d 111. 
J Milelane, private co C, 97th 111. 
Jas C Purdy, private, co C, 42d 111. 
J D Barrett, private, co E, 24th Wis. 
Geo B Tyler, private, co A- 21st Mich. 
Dennis Ryan, private, co G. 22d 111. 
O F Whipkey, private, co II, 27th 111. 
Jesse Witt, serg't co E, 56tli Tenn. 
Oscar T Blood, private co G, 2tst Mich. 
N Olson, private, co G, 36th 111. 
Nelson Erickson, private, co D,30 111. 
Alfred Erickson private, co C. 42d 111. 
Wm. Whipple, private co D, 21st Mich. 
Llewellj'n Jenkins, private, co K, 23d 111. 
George Smith, co P. 22d 111, 
Geo H Tucker, corporal, co A 24th Wis. 
W E Cuykendall orivate co P, 42d 111. 
J W Orzubright, co C. 44th 111. 
A McManning, private, co K, 22d 111. 
H N Chittenden, 1st serg't, co H, 36th 111. 
John A Cameron, private, co I, 2d Ky cav. 
Geo W Copley, private, co B, 42d 111. 
H B Purness, corporal co B, 25th Wis. 
J M Alexander, private, co D, 22d 111, 



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Jas M McConncl, private, co K, 49th O. 

Iveu Brandeu, private, co F, 15tli O. 

Jesse Somes, private, co F, istli O. 

M V Cornelius, co E. 22cl 111. 

Haslin Sanders, co K, 36th III. 

B S Powell seigeant, coC 4'2dlll. 

Gilbert Ketchum, private, co B, 3Gth 111. 

Ducan Hamilton, private co A. 42 111. 

Cyrus Perry, private, co E, 36th 111. 

O F Joues, private, co H, 3.3th 111. 

Patrick Short, co B, 42 III. 

Harry C Cooley, private, co G. 21st Mich. 

FredHaslehurst, captain, co K, 37th 111. 



Cartes Brouse, captain, co P, 30th Ind. 
Michael Grand, captain, co 1, 15th Ky. 
Frank Zuck, private co G, 44th 111. 
II W Carter, serg't co G, 24th Wis. 
A Wrasli, private, co K, 24th Wis. 
Edgar G Abbott 4th Ind Art. 
Wm H Abott, private 4th Ind Art. 
Richard Pound, private, co II, 22d 111. 
Westfield Statibur, private, co K. 24th Wis. 
Joseph Ower, private, co K,24th Wis. 
Wm. Gray, private, co I, 22d 111. 
James Brown, co E, 36th 111. 



FIELD HOSPITAL, (General Smith's,) NEAR MURPREESBORO'. 

Doct. Albert Wilson', 1st Ohio, Surgeon in charge. 



Frank Dissel, 1st Lieut, co E oth Ky. 
Jas Robinson corporal, co G, 1st Oliio. 
M Higgins, private, co K, 5th Ky. 
Harman Schroder, private, co 1, 5th Ky. 



Jacob G. Eyerly, private, co G. 15lh O. 
Milton Cowgill, 2d Lieut, 49th O. 
E O Chandler, private, 5th Ky. 
i Sylvester Reed, private, co H, 27th 111. 



FIELD HOSPITAL, (Burris' House,) NEAR MURFREESBORO'. 



Warner Young, Captain, co D, 64th O. 
Jas A Fleming, private, co G. 21st 111. 
Peter ©asher, corp'l, co I, 65th Ohio. 
II. F. Salchli, private co G, 21st 111. 
Willard Corey, private, 6th Ohio Battery. 
Louis Lilly, private, co K, 64th O. 
Jas. Nixon, private, co F. ISth O. 
J A Romig corp'l co C, 73d Ind. 
John Ganwlofl", private, co B. 65th O. 
Josephus Winget, private co. F, 73d Ind. 
Chas Deuper. priv, co E, 4th O cav. 
Jas. D Cartter, private, co K. 5th Ky. 
David Skinner, private, co F, 30th Ind. 



Andrew Osborne, corporal, co G, 64tli O. 
Wm W. Eby, private co C, 64th O. 
Levi Riddle, serg, co K 81st Ind. 
Wm Fullmer, private, co C. 73d Ind. 
Wm Taneyhill, private, co B, 65th O. 
Wm H Scott, Istlieut 1st O cav. 
Geo T Ball, corp coB, 65th O. 
Frank Lumbard, serg co K, 4th Mich cav. 
Lawson Alexander, private, co E, 51st Ind. 
Jesse Hock, private, co 11, 35th ill. 
Henry Dittenpeffer, private, co I, 64th O. 
Jno W Packer, private, co H, 04th O. 



FIELD HOSPITAL. 2d DIVISION, RIGHT WING, NEAR MUR- 
FREESBORO'. 



Dr. W. H. Park, 4nth Ohio, Surgeon in charge. 



F W Shackelford, private, co E, 15th O. 
John T Gantz, sergeant, co F, 34th 111. 
Jno J Reynard, private, co K, 15th O. 
Jno Gorgas, private, co A. 34th 111. 
W Hindman, private, co E, 49th O. 
Jas H Vannatter, private, co B, 49th O. 



Dav P Grubbs, private, co B, 49th O. 
Thos A Wilson, private, co E. 22d Ind. 
Hugh McKinney, private, co K, 79th III. 
Joseph Lo3'd, private, co I, 89th 111. 
Wm Godker, private, co K, 39th Ind. 
Ernest H Julon, private, co D, 39th Ind. 



FIELD HOSPITAL, 1st DIVISION, NEAR MURFREESBORO'. 

Dr. D. L. TiDBALL, 35th Illinois, Surgeon in charge. 



Joseph Savoy, private, 5th Bat Ohio Art. 
James Knox, private, co B. 36th 111. 
Sylvester Crawford, co I. 29th Ind. 
Alfred McKibbin, co I, .38th 111. 
Barney Wyatt, co E, 38th III. 
James Osborne, co D, 21st HI. 
Helsper Thomas, co B, 44th Ind. 
Wm Abraham, sergeant, co K, 2l8tlll. 
Thos Thompson, corporal, co H, 15th Wis. 
F Ferguson, private, co F, 15th Wis. 
Edward Coffin, private, co D, 21st 111. 
James Tumlinson, private, co H, 42dlnd. 



Michitl Bickel, private, co A, 25th 111. 
Wm Shaw, sergeant, co C, 5th Ky. 
Wm Snaap, private, co G, 5th Ky. 
Napoleon Modessitt, private, co D, 21st 111. 
James Gillogly, corporal, co D, 21st 111. 
J M Whortenbury, private, co B, 15th Ky. 
John Handy, private, co E, 101st O. 
Tnomas Tarpev, private, co K, 21st HI. 
Daniel Ertle, private, co F, 21st 111. 
Edward O'Neil, private, co E, ]6tn Reg. 
John Smith, private, co A, 101st O. 
Henry K Potts, private, co D, 21st 111. 



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GENERAL HOSPITAL, No. G, MURFREESBORO'. 
Dr. B. E. F.^ii.OR, 19th Ohio, Surgeon in charge. 



J R Smith, private, co H. 12.3d 111. 

J E Brown, corporal, co B, 111. 

M Rourk, private, 10th Ind Bat. 

J Chamberlain, private, co D, 123d 111. 

M Collins, private, 10th Ind Bat. 

H L Thompson, private, co B, 1st Tenn C'av. 

Geo Matna, private, 10th Ind Bat. 

Jno W Taylor, private, 70th Ind. 

Wmllisrgins, private, co G, ISth O. 

W H Galzon, private, co G, 2d E Tenn Cav. 

E Yeargin private, co A, 1st M Tenn Cav. 

Coyrdon Masser, private, co H, 49th O. 

A T Ilarwood, private, co A, 1st Mich E & M. 

E S Knowls, private, co G, let Mich E & M. 

A Ilarwood, private, co A, 1st Mich E ifc M. 

A B Carpenter, priv., co E, 1st Mich E & M. 

George Ives private, co K, 1st Mich E & M. 

Howard Scott, private, co A, 101st lud. 

D H ]Miller, private, 75th 111. 

Giles Hayes, private, co C, 7tli 111 Cav. 

Patrick I)oley, private, co B, 7th 111 Cav. 

Wm II Millholland, private, G9th O. 



Jno II W Donney, private, co D, 98th 111. 
Thos W Kinnett, private, co C, 37th Ind. 
Geo W Vogan, private, co C, 37th Ind. 
Fred'k Huntley, private, co A, 24th O. . 
Oscar Decker, private, co E, 4th Mich Cav. 
Wm Thomas, private, co G, 4th Reg Cav. 
Jolin Stevens, co F , 1st Ohio Art. 
Wm S Rowe, private, co L, 4th Mich Cav. 
M Werner, private, co B, 4th Mich Cav. 
A O Bolton, private, co F, 49th O. 
G W Pense, sergeant, co C,34th 111, 
James Miller, private, co A, IstE Tenn. 
S Ainsworth, private, co 1, 1st E Tenn Cav. 
Sam'l Ball, private, co F, 2d E Tenn Cav. 
W Hameutree, private, co F, 2d E Tenn Cav, 
II Waters, private, co B, E Tenn Cav. 
Wm Fayman, private, co M. E Tenn Cav. 
Wm Patterson, private, co M, E Tenn Cav, 
John Bryant, private, co E, E Tenn Cav. 
J Loveday, private, co E, E Tenn Cav. 
P Loveday, private, co I, E Tenn Cav. 
R Jennings, private, co A, E Tenn Cav. 



REGIMENTAL HOSPITAL, 79Tn INDIANA. 



Shelton Harding, 79th Ind. 

Alexander Mnrphy, 79th Ind. 

John M Pearson. " 

Wm Dunnegan, 

Thomas Mett. 

Jacob Eller. 

Lewis Miller. 

John Pearson, 

Robt Ross. 

John Hindes. 



Silas M Girls. 
Louis Davis. 
Pat Murphy. 
John Gordon. 
Batton Sheets. 
Enoch McCormick. 
William Dormire, 
Rufus Jones. 
William Nelson. 
S B Davis. 



TENT HOSPITAL, BATTLE FIELD, NEAR MURFREESBORO'. 

Dr. A. W. Heise, 100th Penn. Vols,, Surgeon in charge. 



Geo W Wilder, serg co K, 58th Ind. 
James B Drysdale, private, co A, 58th Ind. 
S Louis Lowe, private, co E, 101st Oiiio. 
John F (iroves, private, co C, 40th Ind, 
Milton Miller, private, co B40th O, 
Thomas Olds, private, co F, 15th O. 
L W McClure, serg't, co H, 15th O 
Jasper Graham, private, co I, 26th O. 
Arthur Glenn, private, co G, 201 h O. 



Wm Sweiger, private, co H. 26th O. 
Richard Cannidy, private, co B, 13th Mich. 
Augustus Tibbets, serg't, co D, 18th Mich. 
Seth Crosby, private, co D, 18th Mich, 
Dan R Corey, serg't, co F, 18th Mich. 
Geo P Coon, corp'l, co P, 18th Mich. 
Milo Hawks, private, co I, 18th Mich. 
Wm H. McCormick, corp Ico K, 18th Mich. 
The' T Davis, musician, co D, 13th Mich. 



MURCROFT'S HOSPITAL, 7 MILES FROM MURFREESBORO', 

February IOth, 1863. 

Dr. Chas. Murcrott, 10th Ohio, Surgeon in charge. 



John H C Thorpe, private, co F, 16th reg. 
Frank M Banter, private, co E. 11th Mich. 
J W Banter, serg't, co E, 11th Mich. 
Reuben Jefferson, private co D, 51st 111. 
D B Harmon, private, co 1, 1st Mo. 
Jno A Shepherd, private, co A, 18th reg, 
J M Williams serg't K. 5th Tenn. 
Nicholas Hillars, private, co B, 16th reg. 
Chas F Murray, corporal, co D, .30th Ind, 
W II Barnes, private, co B, .3d O, 
John Linerman, private, co F, 6th O. 



Thos N Hickman, private, co E, 18th Reg. 

Benjamin F Bell, private, co H, 101st O. 

.lames F Torbet, private, co F, 3d O, 

.Tames Place, private, co C, 18th reg. 

J Tyson Lane, 4th Ky (reb), 

Thos J Grev, private, co A, 3Sth Ind. 

A O Parsoiis, private, co C, 21st Wis. 

E M Larren, 3d lieut, co A, 18th 0. 

O Fisk, sarg't, co A 2-2d 111 

Jacob Sheets, corporal, 101st O, 

J L Gary, private, co A. 38th 111. 



DISBURSEMENTS BY THE U. S. SANITARY COMMISSION. 

Chicago, Jan. 22(1, 1863. 
Editors Chicago Tribune : 

As I have just returned from a trip down the Mississippi to the mouth 
of the White River, in charge of stores from the Chicago Branch of the U. 
S. Sanitary Commission, I desire to say a few words to the many friends of 
this enterprise in the Northwest, in regard to the disbursement of goods by 
this patriotic and philanthropic agency. As that of an outside observer, 
my testimony may perhaps be of value. None would ever question the 
patriotism, the unflagging zeal, and the integrity of those gentlemen who 
gratuitously manage the collecting operations at home. But an impres- 
sion has gained something of currency that these sacred beueftictions are 
not used as exclusively for the good of the soldiers as they ought to be. 
In all commercial and benevolent schemes something of a percentage is al- 
lowed for imavoidable loss ; but beyond this I do not believe that the TJ. 
S. Sanitary Commission is at all chargeable. 

As an arm of the Government, appointed by the President and by him 
entrusted with the important function of the inspection of hospitals and 
camps as to their sanitary condition, and yet perfonning its service inde- 
pendent of the national treasury, this Commission deserves profound re- 
spect. The several branches, at Cleveland, Cincinnati, Louisville and Chi- 
cago, are but co-relati\ e parts of the central organization at Washington, of 
which Rev. Dr. Bellows is President, and Ered. Law Olmsted, Secretary. 
The appointees, as inspectors, general superintendents and local disburs- 
ing agents are all amenable to the one organic body. Thus, in the South- 
west, Dr. H. A. Warriner, a man of eminent qualifications, is Sanitary In- 
spector of Camps and Hospitals, and General Superintendent of Sanitarj' 
Agencies in Gen. Grant's army. These agencies are at Cairo, Columbus, 
Memphis, Corinth and Jackson. He also controls the movements of the 
steamboat Sir Wm. Wallace, chartered for the uses ot the Commission in 
that region, a boat which, paying one-half of its surplus earnings to the 
chartering partj-, does much towards the meeting of this expense, while 
enabling the agents to carry their stores to such places and at s^^ch times 
as the exigencies of battle, or the uncertain movements of war may de- 
mand. This boat is in charge of Dr. R. G. McLean, who is also U. S. In- 
spector of Hospitals, for which double responsibility his professional and 
military experience (in Mexico,) eminently qualify him. On her last trip 
down, this boat carried 1,027 packages, or one hundred tons of stores, 
gathered up from the several branches. 

The local agencies are usually iu buildings confiscated by the govern- 
ment and so costing nothiug for rent, while the agents are held to a strict 
account for the goods in their charge, giving and receivmg vouchers for 
the same. They, or the General Superintendent if at hand, make appro- 
priations to camp or general hospitals as they need. And then these goods are 
delivered into the possession of the head female nurse of the hospital, who 
carries the keys of the rooms containing sanitary clothing and delicacies. 
She administers upon written requisition of the surgeon for each particu- 
lar patient. Thus at Memphis, the " Overton Hospital," in a new hotel 
equal to the Richmond, and the "Jeflferson Hospital," in a block equal to 
the Portland, and the several others there, all confiscated propertjs are 
supplied hy the agency of the Commission, which occupies and fills a store 
equal to any iu Lake street, and in one of the above mentioned buildings. 

Miss Babcock, of this city, is head female nurse for these hospitals and 
gives out from the goods appropriated to her depaitment, only upon re- 
quisition of the surgeons, and that too by the hands of other nurses, who 
take them to the needy patients, and all with that kind of economy and 
Yankee "faculty" with which the frugal house-wife disburses her stores of ' 
linen and food by the hands of her servants. 



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The same course is pursued in the hospital at Cairo, wlicre Rev. E. Fol- 
som is Sanitary Agent aud Chaplain of the hospital. It did my eyes and 
my heart good to go to the sanitary rooms in those hospitals. In the lin- 
en room, sheets, towels, pillow cases, shirts, socks, &c., &c., were assorted 
and placed in gi'cat pigeon holes, ready of access ; while in the room for 
delicacies the good things were arranged in perfect order and readiness 
for use ; and the Avhole bearing that air of home-cleanliness that made me 
bless God that woman's taste, love, and gentle services were conseci'ated 
to this holy cause. Indeed, I was not at all prepared to hnd such wisdom 
and economy in the disbursement of sanitary goods. At Helena, Mrs. 
NeAvcomb, also of this city, stands in much the same relation to the sanita- 
ry business — tlie agency there being under the care of the Western Sanita- 
ry Commission at St. Louis, aud the churches of the place being used for 
hospitals. In the regimental camp hospitals the stores are disbursed 
through the Medical Steward. Visiting the tent hospitals in the camp of 
the 3d Iowa cavalry, at Helena, and expressing gratification at their ap- 
pearance of neatness and comfort, I was informed that nearly everything 
there, from cots and bedding to delicacies, was from the Sanitary Commis- 
sion. 

One reason why soldiers, returned home from the hospitals, sometimes 
say they never received anything from the Commission, is that the articles 
furnished through the system described above, seem to them to come from 
the Government. A soldier from his cot eating canned peaches made the 
same remark, when it was shown by the marks, that his peaches and the 
shirt aud bedding he had were all from the Chicago Commission ! And if 
the nurses do sometimes lay aside their stogies aud stifl' jackets and put 
on slippers aud gowns from the Sanitary goods, it is all for the quiet and 
comfort of the suflering to whom now, heavy foot falls are louder than the 
cannon's roar, when in health and soundness. * * * 

As an illustration of the amount and accuracy of the disbursements, let 
me report from Dr. Warriner, the articles given out at Columbus during 
the last six months : 225 lbs. arrow root ; 97 boxes bandages ; 2,346 bed- 
ticks ; 507 lbs. dried beef; 308 blankets ; 3,946 lbs. butter; 626 lbs. cheese ; 
2,260 lbs. codfish; 2,263 comforts; 170 lbs. cornstarch; 8,558 pairs of 
drawers ; 1,067 doz. eggs ; 16,279 lbs. dried fruit ; 6.774 cans fruit ; 4,960 
pillows ; 8,402 pillow cases ; 7,387 sheets ; 13,913 shirts ; 260 pairs slip- 
pers ; 3,003 bushels vegetables ; 491 bottles wine and cordials ; and so on 
through a list of 74 articles ! 

From personal observation I am only impressed with the magnitude and 
blessedness of the work to which so manj^ men and women are consecrating 
so much of time, service aud money. I am satisfied that the disbursements 
are made with as much precision and economy as could be expected in a 
work so extensive and complicated. I am also convinced that the only 
true and safe channel for such oflerings is that aflbrded by the U. S. Sani- 
tary Commission and its branches. Indeed, it is probable that most of the 
abuses in this respect that have been bruited, have occurred in connection 
with eflbrts at private ministration and through irresponsible parties. 

Let us not then be weary in well-doing. The 100,000 soldiers lying in 
hospital sick and wounded, who have fought our battles for us, have a 
claim upon our material sympathy. Our obligation to them is not simply 
that of humanity, but that of debt. J. E. ROY. 



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